It has now put the 1930s pub on the market with a guide price of £450,000.

But nearby residents hope the Cheadle Road building could once again be used as a pub, or a restaurant that would bring people into the local area.

Dan Duffield, aged 31, of nearby Bluebell Close, said: “It's a shame that the pub has closed. It was a good community pub and somewhere for nearby residents to go. I think the building would make a good restaurant – that would be ideal.

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Suzanne Lovatt, of Wardle Gardens, hopes the pub can be turned into a family-friendly venue. She added: “I would like to see it reopening as a pub because it would be somewhere for people in Leekbrook to socialise.

“I don’t think it was that well used before because there are a lot of options a bit further afield in Leek but if it were to open as a carvery then that would be nice.”

The Travellers Rest in Cheadle Road.

Located around 2.5 miles away from Leek the pub has a car park at the front and side of the property that could house 25 cars.

According to the advert from Rory Mack Associates it could be ‘re-opened as a public house or may suit alternative uses subject to obtaining the correct planning permission’.